Along with several friends and colleagues, I
am
studying the Enneagram,
which
is a theory of personality types similar to (but seemingly more
accurate
and useful than) the Myers-Briggs system. The Enneagram
is a numbered
system
of 9 basic personality types. Each person habitually remains in their
type,
but migrates under stress or when feeling secure to other types in a
predictable
way. Each person's reactions are conditioned by the world view
characteristic
of their type. My study of the Enneagram has been very useful for
understanding
my own reactions and in my day-to-day interactions with acquaintances
and
colleagues.

Roger
L. Easton (father) receives National Medal of Technology

My father received one of the 2004 National
Medals of Technology at the White House on February 13, 2006 (don't ask
me about the discrepancy in dates!). At the request of my students, I
include a photo of Dad and I in tuxedos at the Awards Banquet at the
Ritz-Carlton Hotel that evening (click on thumbnail for larger image)

Dad gave a talk on the Vanguard Satellite Program at the Linda Hall
Library in Kansas City, MO on 6 September 2007. The slides from the
presentation are linked below: